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We've put all of the comments so far about becoming Champions on the Leicestershire thread, so I just thought we needed one specifically devoted to winning the Championship. And here's an article to start the thread:
https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/sport/cricket-ian-westwood-admits-warwickshires-county-championship-win-feels-sensational/

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Although I don’t like the name they give the podcast this was wonderful listening live on WM last night:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0032vsp?

Looking forward to the Awards dinner tomorrow!

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They dedicated (for once) a section to us on the Wisden cricket weekly podcast - I enjoyed the bit on Rob Yates' slip catching by Nick Friend

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Nick Friend is my favourite cricket writer. His player interviews are brilliant, the one with Bamber is especially good.

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He's so well researched.

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Whilst we've quite rightly been critical in the past of some of the media coverage of the Club, I think that, on the whole, they have done a pretty good job of covering the Championship win. To be fair, they found that there was a good story to tell with some elements that would appeal to readers, such as:

  • good guys (Woakes, Bamber, Westwood) finishing first
  • a team making a late run for the finishing line and getting there
  • talent and hard work rewarded (Hain, Bamber etc.)
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I found a lot of it begrudging to be honest. Telegraph talked about ugly batting. Scyld Berry had a pop. Guardian said it didn’t have romance of Somerset or Notts.

Specialist writers a bit better but not much!